CVEvulnerability

CVE-2004-1624

7.2 HIGH Published 2004-10-21 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2004-10-21
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Carbon Copy 6.0.5257 does not drop system privileges when opening external programs through the help topic interface, which allows local users to gain privileges via (1) the help topic interface in CCW32.exe, which launches Notepad, or (2) the help button in the Carbon Copy Scheduler (CCSched.exe).

Affected configurations

• altiris carbon copy 5.0 • altiris carbon copy 6.0

References